"These findings will disappoint social critics who blame pop music for a generalized decline of culture. The Royal Society Open Science group ends their findings about Wiz Khalifa and other pop artists with the following. The study also says that the researchers found "pop music mimicked how life evolved on Earth."įor confused fans who are not sure if listening to Wiz Khalifa makes them look dumb or not, there is some hope. One of the takeaways that can soothe any wounds Wiz Khalifa gets from critics is that his music is not in the boring pop music group - like many bands from the 80s. The study done by the Royal Society Open Science group "relied on Billboard's Hot-100 list" - and this naturally includes Wiz Khalifa. the London-based research team found that America's mainstream music has remained stylistically diverse over the last 50 years, with one decade as an exception: the 1980s." has systematically charted the evolution of popular music. Also published on May 5, PBS News Hour writes, " new computer program. Wiz Khalifa and his fans might be getting jabbed by some researchers, but others have his back. So what if popular music doesn't tend to lend itself to sophistication? Are most of these songs still great? Definitely." They conclude their thoughts about Wiz Khalifa and other pop music chart-toppers by saying that "the concept of creating for the lowest common denominator is certainly going strong. The Seat Smart research groups puts "Payphone" by Wiz Khalifa and Maroon 5 in one of their top lists of offenders - and say the song has a reading level of grade 2.6. The study that Consequence of Sound referenced actually mentions Wiz Khalifa by name in their "Lyric Intelligence in Popular Culture" report. 1 single averaged between a second and third grade reading level, with the bar trending downward in five of the last 10 years." In 2014, the reading level of a Billboard No.
On May 18, Consequence of Sound says about Billboard chart-toppers (like Wiz Khalifa), "Whereas chart-toppers in 2005 read between a third and fourth grade level, a decade later that average is declining, and fast. Those methods explore facets of depression - Future dances around the fringes of woe and Heems engages on the surface - but rap can connect with the condition on an even more critical level."Īccording to Readability-Score, the reading level for Heems' quoted lyrics were at a grade 16.8.ĭespite writing something eloquent for Heems and Future about their music writing, the same publication shows no love for Wiz Khalifa. But unlike Future, he writes his lead-ins with far more cognizance. So why are critics questioning Wiz Khalifa? In music critiques in May, some rappers, like Heems and Future, were exalted for their lyrics.Ĭonsequence of Sound writes on May 5, "apper Heems follows a similar cycle: a rough breakup leads to depression and prompts him to pursue drug use as an outlet. On top of that, Wiz Khalifa is a major player in pop culture - and a lot of pop culture eventually revolves around his popularity. Wiz Khalifa probably does not think of his music as dumbed down and he likely does not dumb down his lyrics purposely for the sake of his fans. About his own music, Wiz Khalifa stated on May 26 on Twitter that "n the low I be coming up with raps in my sleep."ĭoes this mean that Wiz Khalifa is so brilliant that he can come up with lyrics without even trying - or do his lyrics sound like someone that woke up and wrote a rap before they had their first cup of coffee? Over the month of May, Wiz Khalifa and other hip-hop/pop rappers were cited as having music of inferior quality. It is obvious that Wiz Khalifa definitely likes to get philosophical with fans on social media, but does Wiz Khalifa make dumbed-down music on purpose? On May 28, Wiz Khalifa gave advice about relationships, stating, "When did not layin up wit a stupid b**** become lame?"
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Despite this, critics say that Wiz Khalifa is part of a generation known for dumbing down lyrics.ĭoes Wiz Khalifa also feel today's audience needs dumbed-down music and other life guidance?įull of advice for the youth of today, Wiz Khalifa posted on Instagram on May 29, "Half of you young punks don't even know how to tuck your shirt in properly."
Perhaps it is because of Wiz Khalifa's recent ascent in the music charts, he has turned into the wizard of wisdom.
When it comes to Wiz Khalifa, he is flying high these days, and even Taylor Swift cannot truly knock this king off of his throne.
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